Use-after-free in iPadOS and Apple iOS - CVE-2021-30809

 

Use-after-free in iPadOS and Apple iOS - CVE-2021-30809

Published: December 8, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58701
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30809
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content in WebKit. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

iPadOS
Apple iOS
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
HPE Helion Openstack
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
WPE WebKit
WebKitGTK+
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
webkit2gtk3-devel
libwebkit2gtk3-lang
webkit2gtk3-debugsource
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo
webkit2gtk3
webkit2gtk3-jsc
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package)
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30809

Install updates from vendor's website.

iPadOS - update to 15.0 19A346
Apple iOS - update to 15.0 19A346
WPE WebKit - update to 2.32.4
WebKitGTK+ - update to 2.32.4
macOS - update to 12.0.1 21A559
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-devel - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk3-lang - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2WebExtension-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
typelib-1_0-JavaScriptCore-4_0 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.34.3-2.82.1, 2.34.3-3.92.1, 2.34.3-23.3
webkit2gtk3 - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel - update to 2.34.6-1
webkit2gtk3 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.34.6-1.el8
webkitgtk4 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.48.3-2.el7_9

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